date:Aug 09, 2012
the most recent quarter was 41.4 million ($51.1 million), up 14% from 36.4 million. Sales were 827 million ($1,020 million), up 8% from 765.5 million. For the first half of fiscal 2012, EBITA totaled 66.7 million ($82.3 million), down 10% from 74.5 million in the same period of 2011. Sales for the first half climbed 7% to 1,625.7 million ($2,006.5 million) from 1,525.3 million.
As I mentioned in February, the acceleration in both the increase in raw material costs and the decline in consumer de